Customized an axe for the husband.

He kept saying he wanted an axe. All fine and dandy, but I couldn't just give him some axe I just ran to the store and bought. Oh no. Not in this house. So I did a thing.

Hand inscribed runes into each side of the handle. This side reads his name as well as VICTORY OR VALHALLA. Because in our house, we are vikings.

These runes have different meanings, each of which I thought my husband would appreciate. He does.
All in all, I really enjoyed doing this and I actually plan on making more. But after I get some more tools. I only had a pocket knife to carve with this time around. But after I carved each of the runes, I stained the wood (which really brought out the runes to be seen clearly) and added the leather cording. The leather cording was surprising easy, as long as I kept it tight. However, it didn't matter how tight I got it. The hubby enjoys playing with sharp things and in the end I had to fasten down the ends with glue. However, if it were to have been a purely decorative piece, it would have been completely fine. Maybe next time I'll do a step by step.